Store python list in MySQL

[John Bradbury]

I have tried
CR.execute("UPDATE STDPAGE SET content_s = %s,fldlist = %s where name =
'DATAENTRY'", (pagout,flds) )

where pagout is a string, flds is a python list and the database field
(fldlist) is defined as MEDIUMBLOB.

I get an SQL error.

I can convert the list to a string and it works, but I don't want to do
that.  Is there a way of storing Python Lists/ Dictionaries etc as binary
using MySQLdb & then to be able to reload them as Lists etc?

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I can not find a response on
Google.

John Bradbury